Showing posts with label Meat Loaf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meat Loaf. Show all posts

FOCUS (Released to Theaters USA 2001)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.2|5.0 Starsìììì 

Focus—highly intriguing—gives away no clues to the events that take place. William H. Macy and Laura Dern act well together. David Paymer is a great addition to the story. The acting, presentation and portrayal are good. This is a rough story, but watchable.

 Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images

Storyline

 Lawrence Newman is a simple, single, well-employed  man taking care of his mother. His neighborhood becomes antisemitic during WWII. Lawrence does not claim to be Jewish and is not antisemitic.

 Additional Thanks

 Thank you to Director Neal Slavin for directing efforts. Thank you Robert A. Miller and Michael R. Bloomberg for making the film possible. Cast includes William H. Macy,  Laura Dern, David Paymer, and Meat Loaf.


Buy a ticket
? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. This is a very good film to understand what people have to deal with when becoming the 'out' group. Great writing and tells a good story.

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FIGHT CLUB (Released to Theaters USA 1999)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì 

Fight Club—Edward Norton and Brad Pitt—has a very different story to tell. Creative, completely unique, with a surprise at every turn of a scene, it turns life inside out and asks tough questions about our humanity. Be aware this is an adult film with sex scenes that intersperse a tough story. 

 Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images

Storyline 

A businessman, who works in a dead end job and can’t sleep at night, goes to every group therapy he can find (where they talk about problematic lives and how to break through emotional trauma and get well). He tries to find meaning in life. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director David Fincher for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Arnon Milchan, Producers Ross Grayson Bell, Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson, and Associate Producer John S. Dorsey, for making the film possible. Cast include Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier, Richmond Arquette, David Andrews, George Maguire, Eugenie Bondurant, Christina Cabot, and Helena Bonham Carter.


Buy a ticket
? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. It's a tough story to watch, but moves along well and has a convoluted, inside out approach to understanding life. 

Video Critique Available Here:



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